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News briefing: 12-16 June
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Friday 16 June 2017 8:00 AM
School types: All · School phases: All
In the news this week: a study finds pupils are more alert in the afternoon, DfE statistics show a fall in the percentage of 11-year-olds receiving offers from their first choice school, and a poll shows public uncertainty over who parents should back in disputes over a child’s alleged misbehaviour.
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